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Classical WQED 89.3 FM

WQED-FM 89.3 is committed to providing classical music and the other fine arts programming to entertain, inform and enrich the Western Pennsylvania region. The only classical radio station in the Pittsburgh area, WQED-FM is a lively advocate for the arts both locally and nationally.

Q the Music

Q the Music, Pittsburgh Classical Network features the best performances by musicians throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh Concert Channel

The Pittsburgh Concert Channel is your 24-hour home for archived Pittsburgh Symphony Radio broadcasts.

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Pittsburgh Symphony Interviews

Pianist Kirill Gerstein

Conductor Juanjo Mena

Violinist Ray Chen

Conductor Christoph König

Pianist Behzod Abduraimov

Cellist Maximilian Hornung

Podcasts

Conductors, soloists and composers involved in making great Pittsburgh Symphony performances talk about their music.

A complete two hour concert hosted by Jim Cunningham. Listen for interviews and features, historic recordings and the latest weekly concerts from Heinz Hall.

Did you miss a recent live broadcast? Or do you just want to hear it again? Relive recent WQED-FM live broadcasts on the Encore podcast page. Stream full length broadcasts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and others.

Where classical music crosses paths with rock and roll, world music, folk music and jazz. As Duke Ellington said "There are only two types of music: good music and the other stuff." Listen to interviews with people who make good music here.

Jim Cunningham reports from the PSO's domestic and international tours.

WQED Cultural Calendar

Mon, Mar 19 at 1:00 pm

Symphony East presents "PSO Superstars"

The program wlil feature William Caballero, Principal Horn and Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, Principal Oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
More info.

Sat, Mar 17 at 8:00 pmTue, Mar 20 at 7:00 pm

Moby Dick

As part of Pittsburgh Opera’s commitment to bring new, American operas to the Benedum Center stage, we are very proud to announce the Pittsburgh premiere of Jake Heggie’s critically acclaimed op More info.

Tue, Mar 20 at 10:00 pm

Meet The Artists- Moby Dick

Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn interviews the stars of Moby-Dick More info.